Dog finally gives up on his human companions and lays bare their complacent greed in this stinging critique.
lyrics
DOG
I've had enough, I've just had enough
These damn humans who think they are IT
They treat you like dirt as they drink wine and chit chat
While you as a dog, or even a cat, are as worthless as shit.
They love the word, “conquer,” they love the word, “boss”
They love to dominate, they love to lord it over us all
They're the top of the heap, they're perfect, they're flawless
If that’s what they think; boy, are they in for a fall.
In the ten dog years that I've been on this Earth
I've lived with the worst! I've slaved for them all
As a puller of sleds I've slept outdoors,
I've near died of thirst.
Well, I've had enough, I've just had enough
These damn humans who think they are IT
They treat you like dirt as they drink wine and chit chat
While you as a fox or even a rat, are as worthless as shit.
They turn pigs into wieners, cows into steak
Kid skin to gloves, muskrats to coats
Leopards to carpet, chickens to stew
They eat rabbits and ducks and geese and moose and stoats.
And look what they've done to our dear home! To our garden
Their hunger for gold, their hunger for oil
Their need for uranium, their dependence on gas
Their over-consumption, it all makes one boil.
I've had enough, I've just had enough
These damn humans who think they are IT
They treat you like dirt as they drink wine and chit chat
While you as a mouse, or even a bat, are as worthless as shit.
They've torn out the flesh of our mother the Earth
They've ripped out her veins, they have gouged out her eyes
This conflagration, this end of the world
It is their doing, their greed, their evil, their lies.
I say we destroy them; we starve them to death
And we lynch them we boil them in tar
I say give them a taste of their own medicine
You bastards! You fascists! This is war!
This Is War!
credits
from The Cave,
released June 15, 2022
John Millard (solo) + Company
Greg Oh: Music Director, piano and keyboards
Rob Clutton: Bass
Matti Pulkki: Accordion
Tara Davidson: Reeds
Christa Mercey: Percussion
